Rapping is built on a set of skills that closely resemble those required in politics: timing, improvisation, argumentation and rhetoric, audience awareness, and sarcasm. A rapper must know when to ...

From bulldozers and viral posts to bureaucratic deadlock and street protests, Balendra Shah’s mayoral record reveals the promise—and limits—of disruption politics in Nepal.

A video from the Gita Mela festival has taken social media by storm, showing a woman energetically performing the “Hare Krishna/Hari Bol” mantra in a rap-inspired style mixed with upbeat DJ rhythms.

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Janakpur (Nepal), Jan 20 (ANI): Nepal's rapper-turned-mayor Balen Shah, who is vying for the post of Prime Minister after the ...

Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti has asserted that his late father, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the iconic pioneer of Afrobeat, essentially invented rap music as well. During an appearance on the Hits Don’t Lie ...

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Motivated by alarming global statistics on domestic violence, Steven Al Baghdadi uses his music to speak out for women, ...

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Tell us what you really think. Subscribe to Pitchfork for $5 a month and get your score on the record. Joining Lamar in the Album of the Year race are Bad Bunny, Clipse, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, R&B ...